Burns Faces Questions on Ties to Lobbyist
By MATT GOURAS , 06.01.2006, 05:01 AM
The way Sen. Conrad Burns' re-election campaign is going, the folksy 71-year-old Republican might rather take a turn on a bronco than try to explain his links with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff back in Washington.
The "Eastern liberal press" is to blame for his troubles, says Burns. Some of his former aides worked for Abramoff and two current aides took a trip to the 2001 Super Bowl in the lobbyist's jet. The senator received about $150,000 in donations from Abramoff, his clients and his associates, which he has since returned or given to charity.
Montana voters, Burns says, "will make the right judgment call."
Judging from the springtime polls, the call will be a close one, and not necessarily in his favor.
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